Volume 6 / Part 2 — A Lamentation for Kalaiulumoku.1
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A Lamentation for Kalaiulumoku.1
My sacred child, my revered child,
Thou art the child descended from Akalana,
A descendant of Kiha;
Thou art the child begotten of Akalana.
Thou art the chief through Ka-lau-loa-ia-iku. 5.
That Kiha of the blue sea moss,
O Kamalalalua thou art Kama, the Kama that wandereth. 10.
O Kama, O Kaila, O Kalalahai,
Elder brother of Kailelalahai,
[Also] Aanuikani-a-weke of Kona and Koolau,
Three of them were born of the contemptuous chief.
When the kite ascended and united
Kealohi of the water begat the bastard child of Kealohi,
Keawe of Kealohi, by the paramour of Umi,
Borne in the misty rain to Haona;
Carried at night in a container,
And at daylight placed in the house in its nakedness.
He was the staunch support which helped sacred Kawelo, 30.
The sacredness which should have caused silence
By the sound of the gentle rain of heaven; 35.
O chief, who art yonder, do return.
Wandering against one’s will would be satisfactory 40.
Where art thou? Here am I, here am I indeed, my arms are empty,
In sorrow I search for thee. 45.
Let us seek together, and ease thou my painful head,
The pain of my head which throbs; I am grieved indeed.